Gone into an utter panic today, and I'm going to sound so stupid but...

What on earth is the difference between babygrows/sleepsuits/vests/onesies? I've been trying to look it up and some places say babygrows and sleepsuits are the same, others say babygrows and vests are the same, and I have no idea over onesies! I've got all the clothes I've brought out (most are secondhand and thus labelless) and I'm still confused! I know what a vest is easily but the others are starting to confuse me. Should I just ignore the term babygrow and stick with vests and sleepsuits?

Can I just use a vest and a sleepsuit as normal daytime wear? Is that OK to bring my LO home from hospital in, (obv with blanket/hat/mittens as she is due in nov) or do i need to take some actual clothes (shirt/trousers...) as nowhere seems to specify what sort of clothes are best?

i thought I had this all sorted in my head till today!

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Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:04 pm

KellieBellys

Joined: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:05 pmPosts: 0Location: Hull

baby grows are basicly the same as vest, they have short sleves and just gaps for legs, sleep suit is a onies i think, where its just like babygrow, but with arms and legs.........i think thats right, i just went round buying the stuff i knew i needed.

Yes you can, my daughter came home in a vet and sleepsuit, plus its easy to dress them in

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Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:10 pm

louisatheweasel

Joined: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:33 pmPosts: 0

Thankyou! And thanks for replying so quick...I've been searching online with no results but more confusion for ages

Think I've hit some sort of midway panic station!

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Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:16 pm

honeycomb_girl

Joined: Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:02 pmPosts: 0

LOL! I got a bit like this! I didnt get if I had to put a vest under everything. Then I ended up buying loads of outfits and babygrows, now im panicing about sleep bags and blankets. I brought a load of hats as well for some reason I went on a mission. I seriously freaked out! I now have calmed down and realised that baby grows are easy and stock up!

I think it is confusing, I would call a baby grow the same as a sleepsuit. But either way the sleepsuit has long arms and legs including feet, a vest has no legs and usually is sleeveless or short sleeved. A onesie I think is like a sleepsuit but without the feet.

Daywear is fine to have a vest with a sleepsuit on top, that's what we did with my son and he was a late November baby. For the journey home he had his usual vest and sleepsuit on, then had a snowsuit on ontop of that.

We kept outfits for special occasions/visitors mainly when he was tiny, you go through so many clothes when they're little especially if they spit up a lot!